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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30
A Hungry Machine.

An old fellow stood in butchers
shop watching, with much interest, the
work Of new sausage grinder Una
BILE to resist closer inspection, no
touched the machine in sensitive place
and lost one of his fingers. A look Of
astonishment crossed his face.
whats the matterp" the butcher
ASKED.
"Nothin' much," he replied, looking
at his bleeding "stub" and then at the
grinder, "but I wuz jest er thinkin' that
this is the haungriest blamed machine
] ever seed. ."-Arkans0w Traveller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30
EXPERIENC

In pregnancy, Fayorite Prescription"
weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. II
its use is kept up in the latter months of
CESSATION, it so prepares the system for de-
livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away with the suiferings
Of that trying ordeal.
"FavOfite PrescriptiO On,o when taken
In connection with the use OF DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxa-
tive doses of DIR. Picrce's Purgatiye Pellets
l.ittle LIVER Pills), cures Liver, Kidney and
bladder diseases, Their combined use also
removes blood taints, and abolishes cam
cerous end scrotulous humors from the
system.
"FavOrite Prescription" is the only
medicine for women sold, by druggists,
under n positive guarantee, from the
manufacturers, that It will give satisfac-
tion in every case, or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed
ON the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully car
ried out for. many years. Large bottles
g9o doses) sl.OO, or SIX bottles fOr
yN Send ten Gents IN stamps for pr.
pages) ON Diseases Of Women.
/. 88S Main street. BUFFALO, n. =.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30
FARM AND E,Res,pe.

The best seeds and implements pay
best.
Farmers must look for their profit
In reduced cost rather than higher
prices.
An Iowa farmer gives as his expe-
rience that an exclusive dict Of corn is
the cause Of hog cholera.
-Primroses will hold their flowers
longer II set in shady window after
they are in flower. and Farm.
Under like conditions young ami
mails make greater gain, in proportion
to food eaten, than those fully matured.
Cranberry Jelly: One quart cram
berries, one pint sugar, one cup water.
Cook ten minutes and strain. - Yankee
Blade.
"A horse is never so gentle but that
he should be watched carefully. A
most ungentle animal is the gentle horse
when thoroughly frightened.
Sponge Cake: One cupful sugar;
three eggs, we'll beaten; three table,
spoonfuls cold water; one cupful -four;
one teaspoonful baking powder, mixed
with flour, and pinch of salt. Toledo
Blade.
The more rapidly air is brought
into contact with cider the faster the
latter will be changed to vinegar.
Draw out little cider daily and return
it to the barrel, if for vinegar.-St.
Louis Republican,.
-Beautify the home and thus BEAU
tify the childhood of your sons and
daughters. Train them to help you in
your tasks. Divide with them the toll,
and they will double the pleasures Of
your home. Cincinnati Times.
"A Vermont owner of "sugar
bush" states that last November he
tapped his maple trees to test the quail
ity of the sap flowing at that time, and
found it to contain one and one-half
per cent. of sugar against three or
three and one-half per cent. in spring.
The flavor of fall-made sugar he says
is most exquisite, and its maple taste
perfect. Christian at Work.
1t has been claimed for years that
rats first introduced the terrible trichnim
in swine and then, through fresh pork
and bacon, into human bodies. DR..
Landrey, in the Popular Science NeOs.
supports this theory with personal OBJ.
servations, and cites number of cases
showing that dead rats, mice and cats
should be kept away from hogs. 1t is q
crime to throw dead rat to the hogs
with such facts in mind.-Sdn Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
Corn Biscuit: Scald two cups Of
corn meal in one pint of sweet milk.
Then stir together three-quarters of 0
cup of butter, two cups of sugar and q
little salt, and add to it. Then add
three eggs well beaten, a little flour and
half a cup of hop yeast. Let it rise the
second time; then roll out and let rise
the third time. Bake and send to the
table hot. This amount makes abon
twenty fine biscuits. s.-Motter's Maga
zine.
Feeding Work Horses: In my ex
perience of about thirty years in feed
ing work horses no i'll effects have ariser
from feeding corn meal ground as fin'
as burr millstones can properly do it
when mixed with cut hay or straw.
have had cases Of collie, but it was al
ways traced to carelessness of the feeder
and violation of orders in not mixing
the meal with cut hay. l have fet
horses upon various concentrated grain
ground into fine meal, from four year,
old to twenty, and they were always ir
good health when the rule of mixing
fine meal with cut hay or straw wa
strictly adhered to.-Montreal Witness
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

Jenks had queer dream tho other night.
He thought he saw q prze-hghters' ring,
and in the middle of it stood doughty little
champion who met and deliberately knocked
over, one by one, a score or more Of big,
burly-looking fellows, as they advanced to
the attack. Giants as they were in size,
the valiant pigmy proved more than q
match for them. 1t was all SO funny that
Jenks woke up laughing. He accounts for
the dream by the fact that he had just come
to the conclusion, after trying nearly every
big, drastic pill on the market, that Piercc's
tiny Purgative Pellets easily "knock out"
and beat all the rest hollowi
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30
FISHING smacks are used in angling for
q usband.-Burlingto Free Press.
A Womnn,s sweet Will.

She is prematurely deprived of her charms
of face and form, and made unattractive by
the wasting effects OF ailments and irregu-
larities peculiar to her sex. To check this
drain upon, not only her strength and
health, but upon her amiable qualities as
we'll, is her first duty. This Is safely and
speedily accomplished by q course OF self
treatment with DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, q nervine and tonic of wonderful
efficacy, and prepared especially for the
alleviation Of those suffering from 'drag-
ging- g-down" pains, sensations of nausea,
and weakness incident to women-a boon
to her sex. Druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

Is often the result Of " bad blood" in o fami-
ly or community, but nowhere is bad blood
more destructive of happiness aud health
than in the human system. When the life
current Is foul and sluggish with impuri-
ties, and is slowly distributing its poisons
to every part Of the body, tho peril to
health, and life even, is imminent. Early
severe headaches, coated tongue, poor appe-
tite, indigestion and general lassitude. De-
lay in treatment may entail the most seri-
ous consequences. Don't let disease get q
strong hold on your constitution, out treat
yourself by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, and be restored to the bless
ings Of health. All druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30
AN HISTORICAL MODEL.


- steam Eneine Built In 1909 sem In Per
feet Running Order.
Retained in perfect running order In
the United States Steamboat Inspectors
Office In this city is an oscillating en-
gine constructed in 1909 by Daniel
French. 1t is only Of model size and
is probably the first engine of the kind
ever constructed. It's description Is
simple. Having its piston-rod attached
directly to the crank-pin, as the crank
revolves the cylinder oscillates upon
trunnions, one on each side Of 1t,
through which the steam enters and
caves the steam-chest. The valves
are within the steam-chest, oscillating
with the cylinder. It is perhaps as sat
isfactory an engine Of this class rs has
ever been built, for 1t is well known
that the mechanism actuatiDg /, the valves
in oscillating steam engines has seldom
proved perfectly satisfactory in its
operation.
The inventor, whose son carried on a
ship-yard for years at Jeffersonville and
was well known to many Of the older
citizens of the city, was contemporane-
Gus with Robert Fulton, who built n
steamboat on the Seine in 1903 with
Chancellor Livingston, and who, in
1906, with Livingston, had boat built
on the Hudson in which he placed ma
chinery claimed to have been made by
Boulton & Watt in England.
Daniel French had litigation with
Fulton about this steamboat, claiming
that the latter had appropriated his in
vention, but Fulton was backed by Liv-
ingston's influence and capital, and,
though the case was before the courts
for many years in one form or another,
French was finally defeated. Although
the oscillating engine on exhibition in
the Steamboat Inspectors Office was not
built till 1909, it was by no means the
first attempt French had made to invent
an engine applicable for steam naviga-
ton. He had been known as an inven-
tor for quarter of century before,
and his numerous inventions of different
kinds had given him an extensive and
esteemed re putation. Those who knew
him were wont to say that he was halt
century ahead of the time in which he
lived.
1t is not improbable that Fulton was
familiar with French's experiments
with steam. It is an historical fact that
in connection with his profession as an
engineer he had passed years in the
scientific experiments the result of
which forever identified his name with
steamboat navigation. 1t is not to be
doubted, therefore, that he was &C
quainted with the efforts of every expert
menter of the power Of steam in this
direction, from the time that Blanco de
Garay is supposed to have actually ap-
piled steam to the propulsion of ship
at Barcelona, in the year 1913, up to the
time when, in 1868, William Henry, Of
Chester County, Pennsylvania, tried his
model steamboat on the ConestOga
river. Fulton witnessed that expert
ment, and it is matter of record that
he was familiar with the work Of the
numerous contemporary inventors in
America, and had visited England,
where he found others at work on the
same problem. But with this invention,
as with all others, though the claimants
may be numerous, the credit attaches to
the one most successful in bringing II
before the public. Courier.
Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30
THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER.
An Incident Giving . Striking Illustrr
tion Of His Character.

An Incident Giving . Striking Iiiustra-
tion Of His Character.
He Is, under ordinary circumstances,
soft-hearted, good-natured fellow,
but there are savage instincts in his
semi-barbarous nature which render
him capable of almost any brutality, II
he Is once thoroughly excited. The
awful atrocities committed during the
late prosecutions of the Jews are still
fresh in our minds, and bear witness to
the savagery Of the Russian peasant;
and the treatment experienced by the
Turcomans, both after the capture Of
Khiva and the fall of Geek Tepe, show
that, Mt all events in Asia, the author
tiles even encourage the worst passions
Of the soldier. Perhaps Skobelef
greatest quality rs II successful General
was his thorough appreciation of the
peculiarities of the men he commanded.
He had wonderful hold on their SYM
pathies, and he enjoyed popularity
with the rank and file such as no other
Russian General has ever acquired.
1t was Skobelef' who conducted
the pursuit and harrying of the wretch
ed Yomud Turcomans after Khiva, so
vividly described by his friend and ad-
mirer, the American correspondent
MacGahan; and it was Skobeleff who,
after the storming of Cock Tepe, and
the route of it's brave Tekke defend
ers, gave twenty-four hours complete
liberty to his excited soldiers to work
their wicked will on the persons and
property of the defenselcss families of
the dispersed Turcomans Skobeleff
thoroughly understood his men, and
re-established his control as deliberate
ly as he permitted unbridled license
For exactly twenty-four hours the cap
tors of Geek Tepe were uncontrolled;
within six hours of the termination of
that period two soldiers were shot for
trifling crimes. This circumstance,
coupled with the fact of Skobeletf' s
great popularity in the army, give a
striking indication of the character of
the Russian soldier, rs judged by the
man, who knew him best. Blackwood s
Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

--One of the largest and most perfect
emeralds in the country has been pre-
sented TO James Frank Morrison, Of
Baltimore. 1t weighs 81 carsth aud IL
worth about 5000.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

Endurance of Society People.
A prominent society lady Of Washington
being asked by the Prince of Wales, Why
is it you people here manifest so little
fatigue from dancing, receptions, etc. 2" re-
Piled, "Why, you see, we Americans re-
gain the vitality wasted in these dissipa-
lions by using DIR. Harter's Iron Tonic"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

JUNE 1851. wrote G. C. Atkins, Beaver,
Beaver Co., Pa, sprained my wrist badly; |;
pain dreadful. Tried ST. jacobs Oil; in ten
minutes pain ceased; am cured" October
30, 1855, he writes: II have had no pains
since.n
~ had four children sick; coughs and
sore-throat," says j. T. Ridgely, Bowling
Green, Howard County, Nd. 81 gave Red
Star Cough Cure; it cured them; cured my
self also Of hoarseness and chest oppression
with it. Price, twenty-five cents. At
Druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

"DrsrANcE lends enchantment to the
view" was not spoken OF the dollar
Puck
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

ToNauE-TIED women do not always
make the best wives.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

FoR Cough or Bore Throat the best medi.
cine is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure In one minute.
THR cheapest way TO get rid Of bore IL
10 lend him money.-Atlpdukee Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

WARFARE-corned beef and hard tack
Merchant Irdveler.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30
A Bloody Array

How TO make Maltese crosby step.
ping ON his tail.-Boston Beacon
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

3 months treatment for SOC. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

as they imagine, one from dyspeI
or prOstratiOn, another
and Indifferent, or over-busy docto
e such, when, in reality, they are al
+, encourages his practice until larg
yrong treatment and consequent COZ
Id have entirely removed the disc
d misery.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30
IE GREATEST
EARTHLY BooH.

Many times call their family physicians suffering
which
etept ~ M eter pny nrse or 3h nay
like
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-30

persuaded to try medicines which oath do,
they y w99a DO me no coed finally told my husband that If
against the advice 4 He got SIX Of the
ter aSars took three bottles Of and four Of
then the balance Of the medicine to sister who
time have not had to take medicine for almost
four years."
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-07
-Four Girls Busrod To Del th

MONTREAL, Feb. 4 The Inhabitants
OF the county Of Two Mountains. about
fhirty miles from here, were clarified
yesterday on learning tiat the school.
house at Ste Monique had been de-
stroyed by FIRE during tue night, and
that four young girls who were In IL
had pc rished ia the flames. It appears
that three sisters, aged ten. eleven aud
twelve respectively, daughters OF Mr.
Ambrose, OF Ste MoniQue, and another
young sirl, daughter OF Mr.. Jos.
Forget, slept In the place during the
niaht. The sohooimistress, 1t appee RI,
was absent, and durlug the night the
place took fire and burned to the ground.
The origin Of the fire Is unknown. The
chaIred remains Of the four young nj. Ia
were found among the ashee.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-07
AesrUuLrusAL.

Connections has rsised II .726 oCo
Roc c OF tobacco Last year, against IL. 7.
Oo0, 80 pounds In 1855.
The Louisiana sugar crop 10 now essL
mated st 100, 900 hogshesds, . sedps.
ton nom previous sstimstes.
tis we'll 70 rsmemb Der that b. \ lib.
eral application Of phosphate spriur
Wheat can hs grown anywefs U.at win
ter wheat cAn.
II 10 useless 10 hopo 10 DESTROY tbs
acidsty OF certain soils BIZ the app,,oA
tion OF limo and other supposed cor rect
ives. Oaly drainage ~ill scco IN plish
The DATED stases Government hes
Deen ON cially invtbod to participate In
IN ihted national exhibition which Ia 10
% hesd in Manehester, England, nsxt
yonf,so ceiebrae tae jubilee year OF Der
Srns nnic Msjsety's reign.
0Ass have hitherto had the mononoIv
ZOE small Rrs.n rotation crop. But 10
vNsw OF tue lew price Of oats Il il eng
| f.sted that barley might often bs pro-
htably substituted. A liberal supply
Fof phosphAss sown ct q ling will geo
orally assuro good crop. M
| Bones seem TO be peculiarly grsseful
FOOD for frult trees, Gays she MioAiesn
Farmer. Barry remarks that ''fn tax.
Ing up tfoes from the soil where bones
have been ussd ~ mAnurB, We flnd
every particle within roach OF the roots
fiber"
| The apple Is losing ground In Ohio
The Great majority OF the orchards ore
on the decline, and no new orchards are
being set to take their places. MANY
attributed this 70 neglect Of the trees
Tho apple responds IA we'll TO proper
care - any fruit, and neglect Is az cor
tain to be follow I'd BY decline In the or
Shard "a In the berry patch.
The National Fsrfnars' Congress- ha,
adopted REGULATIONS arging the pnssae,
by Congress Of the following bills: T,
4 make the Commissioner OF Agricultur,
. Cabinet ofiice; TO extend tue benefit
OF the signal service to farmers: som,
bills TO regulate interstate com mere
and the Hatch experime ntal farm bill
The resolutions also urge the cnactn en-
CT Legislation providing for n complet
development Of the system of water
ways Of the whole country.
Tho French, who export moro pear
than any other nation, cover the ins,d
OF the boxer with sponsy paper or DR..
moss, which absorbs the moisture
Each pear 10 then wrapped in soft paps
and placed In layers 10 the boxes th
largest and least mature In the bottom
hllinG sll interstioes with the dry mo
Thus they will keep . month or more
They are NO closely packed that thong
thoy cannot tpuch each other, all n Q
ton 10 Prevented. II one decays tn
others are not harmed.
Tobacco stems have been fouud vslu
able ~ q fertilizer, and according {
analysis and the m srkst value Of pot
ash phosphoric esid aud nitrogen
which they contain, are worth abou
el4 ton. Several weeks, or even som
months, ara. required after the firs
blowing in, and usually q second plo v
ing and s0mettmes . third; but there |
NO doubt that they could bs more Ell
fectuaiiy used by first passing then
through power stalk outer, who
would allow them to be handled an
spread With q scoop shovel Three {
four aoas 10 the largest quantity usual
applied 70 IN acre.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-07
-
HOUSEHOLD sUGGEs rIoNs.

| Juice OF ripe tomatoes will remov
fruit stains from cloth or the hands.
| Csulifiower tastes great deal beta
II you have not had the odor Will
cooking.
Cltron. acc ording to 3 British medi
cal authority, produces WEAKNESS an,
lassitude.
The bsst duster with which to clea,
carved furniture lie o new paint brush
It Will remove all tho d ust with 1t.
Ceilings that have been smoked by 4
kerosene lamp should be washed OF
with soda water. Grained wood should
be washed with cold tea.
To remove varnish without iniuriue
paint, brush on spirits OF ammon,. OF
hartshorn, which so.tsus the oil, allow
Ing OF fts being rubbed of easily. :
II brooms are wet In boiling sud
once . week they will become yerv
tough; will not cut carpet. will last
much longer, and always sweep like q
new broom.
Chronic diArrh9a is said to be speedily
cured In MANY cases by saturated 40.
luton or common salt In cider vinegar.
the dose being . tesspoonful three or
four times day.
Persons who ave troubled with ants
In their houses may get rid of them bv
rubbing the shelves with gum oam.
phor. Two applications viii be suffi.
Client, with week intervening.
Commissions may be freq ne ntly cut
snort, ike magic. by turning the pa
uent on the ieft side. The nausea, as
an after Effect OF chloroform and other
ann sthetics, may generally be controlled
In the same manner.
To clean . chimney, place . piece OF
zinc on the live GOALS In the stove, The
vapor produced by the zinc will carry
on the SCOT by chemical decom position.
loose who have tried the process claim
inst 1t will work every timo.
An eminent physician 10 reported "a
having sid that many lives were Lost
oy starvation, owing to an overestima ate |
OF the nutritive value of beef tea an d
M sat juices. In typhus and ty phoid |
levers thore Is no good substitute for |
milk and eggs.
Should the vsrnish ON piano tarnish |
or become cloudy, wipe with chamoi 4
skin or soft cloth dampened with
water, then with dry soft cloth. NextI
rub the surface thoroughly with q few
crops OF sweet oil and turpentine, and
hen remove these BY rubbing.
A cure for toothache from dentalt
sries: DR.. V. Greltfeltz, of St. Galen,
warmly recommends, In toothacha from
iental carries, the application of cotton
wool soaked with an oily fluid, obtained
" melting together Ave Rrammes of
smphor, Ave srAmmes Of chloral and
pc grammo OF cocaine. Relief is COM
'!ete sad lasting.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-07
PA'ist.I,Ah, wl'.i,b. { s,Ili.sl. Asia..,

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Tor Chsetsr lsxprsssl. . ". 7 10. 8 SO slo i,
~. IL ~. IL IL .. m, Il %, ~. 70 and 700
Accommodation. 20. 90, OF, 8 Is, 10 %.
.. n, 2 %, Z o., 20, . 50 and 10 50 D. h.
New York, 90, 3b3, a., $50, Z co. q 80
y O., II 81 9: M. sl2z Ava, s Va, 522, 20,
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ror West Chester, via LamokIn. $40 and
For Hs.aT Fl &c aG.ns ~ an and intermediate
stations, 1l2 Q. m, Il IS and q D. N.
baltimore and Intern edi;sto .sliors, 10 0e
| .. M, 81 p. 10. and IL ii Diga,.
Baltimore and Bay Line, IS p. m.
baltimore and Washington, / 20, 4 40, %,
10 o. II oo Q. m, Il 90, II II. 42a, 10, 70 90
Trains for Delaware Division ,oave for:
New Castle, 0 90. 90 Q. M, II o., 60, so.
rs p. m. and IL OF night.
Georgetown and Lewes, 9 90 q. m, and Q so
seaford tExprsss) 3 sap. m.
.. NJ, II % p. m.
Express for Harrington, 10 IS a. NJ, 50 D.
m. Way train rs p. m.
Express for Dover, Harrington and Del.
MAJ. 10 q .: m. and IL % night.
Express for 0spe Charles, Old Point Com
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Leave Philadelphia, Broad street, for
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